Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Happy Festivus (except for the SDFLA)

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Apparently no one wants to do Epstein document review over the holidays.  So DOJ turned to SDFLA for help.   According to CNN : ...
Monday, December 22, 2025

John Brennan asks Chief Judge Altonaga to prevent forum shopping

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Former CIA Director John Brennan is asking Chief Judge Altonaga to keep the government from "judge shopping" its case to Judge Can...
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Friday, December 19, 2025

RIP Mel Black

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 Another one of the greats passed away today -- Mel Black.  He was a great guy and a wonderful criminal defense lawyer (for almost 60 years!...
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Thursday, December 18, 2025

CTA is A-OK

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By John R. Byrne Louis D. Brandeis once wrote that "sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants."And the 11th Circuit just ga...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Another Trump defamation suit in the SDFLA

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This one is against the BBC.  From the NY Times : President Trump sued the BBC for $10 billion on Monday evening over the editing in a docu...
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11th Circuit Weighs the Fate of the False Claims Act

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The future of the False Claims Act (FCA) hangs in the balance after a pivotal oral argument (before Judges Luck, Branch, Moreno) in the Elev...
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Monday, December 15, 2025

Jason Reding Quiñones sworn in

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By Jordi C. Martínez-Cid United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jason Reding Quiñones, had his swearing-in cere...
Thursday, December 11, 2025

Judge Atkins

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By John R. Byrne Ever heard someone mention the "Atkins Building" or "Atkins Courthouse"? It's located across from t...
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